This topic provides a checklist of the recommended tasks to
perform after you install
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 to finalize your
deployment. The Finalize Deployment tab in the
Exchange Management Console can guide you through these tasks.
The tasks in this topic and on the Finalize Deployment tab
are required to complete the deployment of your Exchange 2007
organization. The tasks apply to features that are enabled by
default but require additional configuration.

All Server Roles

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Enter the product key for Exchange 2007. To enter the
product key, click Server Configuration in the
Exchange Management Console, select an Exchange 2007
server, and then click Enter Product Key in the action pane.
You can also enter the product key by using the
Set-ExchangeServer cmdlet. For more information about
how to enter the product key, see How to Enter the Product
Key. For more information about the
Set-ExchangeServer cmdlet, see Set-ExchangeServer.

Note:

The Enter Product Key wizard is available only if you installed
the 64-bit version of Exchange 2007.

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After you install or upgrade Exchange, or after you make
configuration changes, we recommend that you run the
Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer. You can run the
Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer from the Toolbox
in the Exchange Management Console.

Client Access Server Role

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Configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for your Client Access
server. To do this, follow the steps on the Finalize
Deployment tab. For more information, see Managing Client Access
Security.

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Configure ActiveSync. By default, when you install the Client
Access server role on a computer that is running
Exchange 2007, Exchange ActiveSync is enabled.
However, we recommend that you configure security, authentication,
and policy settings if you plan to use ActiveSync in your
environment. To configure ActiveSync, follow the steps on the
Finalize Deployment tab. For more information, see Deploying Exchange
ActiveSync.

Configure Internet mail flow. By default, a Hub Transport server
is not configured for Internet mail flow. If you do not subscribe
an Edge Transport server to your Exchange organization, you must
use one of the following methods to configure Internet mail flow to
and from your Exchange organization:

Manually configure Internet mail flow between your Exchange
2007 organization and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services or other
external SMTP gateway servers This method
requires you to create the Send connectors and Receive connectors
on one or more Hub Transport servers in your organization that are
assigned to communicate with Exchange Hosted Services or the
external SMTP gateway servers. For more information see How to Configure
Internet Mail Flow Through Exchange Hosted Services or an External
SMTP Gateway.

Configure an external postmaster recipient to receive e-mail
messages. The external postmaster address is used as the sender for
system-generated messages and notifications that are sent to
message senders that exist outside the Exchange 2007 organization.
According to RFC 2821, every domain must be able to receive mail
that is sent to the postmaster address. By default, no mailbox or
other recipient object is configured to receive messages that are
sent to the postmaster address for any accepted domains that are
defined in the Exchange organization. To modify the external
postmaster address on a Hub Transport server, or to configure an
external postmaster recipient on a Mailbox server, follow the steps
on the Finalize Deployment tab. For more information, see
Managing the
External Postmaster Address.

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Unified Messaging Server
Role

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Configure Unified Messaging (UM). To do this, follow the steps
on the Finalize Deployment tab. For more information see the
following topics:

These tasks are required to configure the first UM server in
your organization, or the first UM server in a new dial plan. To
configure an additional UM server for an existing dial plan, you
need to complete only the steps in How to Add a Unified
Messaging Server to a Dial Plan.

Configure an external postmaster recipient to receive mail. The
external postmaster address is used as the sender for
system-generated messages and notifications that are sent to
message senders that exist outside the Microsoft Exchange Server
2007 organization. According to RFC 2821, every domain must be able
to receive mail that is sent to the postmaster address. By default,
no mailbox or other recipient object is configured to receive
messages that are sent to the postmaster address for any accepted
domains that are defined in the Exchange organization.

If you have not subscribed this Edge Transport server to your
Exchange organization, the value of the external postmaster address
is postmaster@[Edge Transport server FQDN]. After you subscribe the
Edge Transport server to the Exchange organization, the value of
the external postmaster address is postmaster@[default accepted
domain]. If you specify a custom value for the external postmaster
address on the Hub Transport servers in your Exchange organization,
you must manually configure the external postmaster address on the
Edge Transport server. To modify the external postmaster address on
an Edge Transport server, or to configure an external postmaster
recipient on a Mailbox server, follow the steps on the Finalize
Deployment tab. For more information, see Managing the External
Postmaster Address.

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Configure Domain Name System (DNS). The Edge Transport server
must be configured for internal DNS lookups within the Exchange
organization and external DNS lookups for external recipients.
Public DNS records must also be configured for this server to send
or receive mail from the Internet. For more information, see the
following topics:

For More Information

For information about the optional configuration steps
on the End-to-End Scenario tab in the
Exchange Management Console, see End-to-End Scenario
Tasks.

For information about additional post-installation
configuration tasks that are not listed on the tabs in the
Exchange Management Console but are recommended after you
install Exchange 2007, see Additional
Post-Installation Tasks.